[Short track speed skating] From academic master to Winter Olympic champion

Halfway through the game, Lin Jiaxi was still in the last place. Gu Ran was so nervous that her palms were sweating, and felt that she had never been so nervous during a game.

He was really worried about getting a new teammate for himself.

With the last four laps left in the race, Yin Canyu added a few more knives in a row when leaving the corner, and passed the first place in one breath.

The moment he picked up the speed, Gao Ziyi followed closely behind, without giving the world's number one face at all, and directly overtook him in one breath.

The two of them frequently staged overtaking and anti-overtaking for the first position, Gu Ran's attention was completely attracted, and he had no time to care about Lin Jiaxi who was behind.

After one and a half laps, Gu Ran finally saw Lin Jiaxi in the top three.The kid started from the last place, went through a corner, surpassed four opponents in a row, and came to the third place.

At this time, with the last two laps remaining in the race, Italian player Sebastian also started to speed up.

He was already in third place, but because of Lin Jiaxi's overtaking, he fell to fourth place.But his goal is not to return to third, but to rush directly to the first position.

At this time, Yin Canyu had just surpassed Gao Ziyi, and the latter was looking for a chance to catch up, but he didn't expect that Sebastian would come out just like that.

Gao Ziyi has never been an aggressive person, at this time, he chose to slow down a little.

However, Lin Jiaxi, who was behind him, gave himself a task. He promised Gu Ran that he must get No.3, so that he could go to China as a naturalized team member.

If that Sebastian is allowed to go up, no matter how the positions of the first three people change, he will only be ranked fourth.

He had no choice but to fight with his back, kicking the ice alternately to surpass Gao Ziyi from the outer lane, taking advantage of Sebastian and Yin Canyu's entanglement, he even wanted to surpass them from the other side.

However, at the last corner, an accident happened.

Sebastian, who tried to overtake Yin Chanyu, failed to overtake, and there was obvious physical contact between him and the Korean.Immediately afterwards, Sebastian flew out of the track by himself, and Yin Canyu stumbled across the finish line.

At the same time, Gao Ziyi and Lin Jiaxi also crossed the finish line from left to right.Although it seemed that Yin Canyu had been leading the way, too many things happened at the last second. The three of them stretched their legs almost at the same time. It was not very clear which skate crossed the line first.

Before the results came out, the Italians started to make trouble.They believed that it was Yin Chanyu's foul that caused Sebastian to fall off the track. The referee should give a reasonable penalty and cancel the Korean's result.

Therefore, in this 1500-meter final, the waiting time for the final result was particularly long.

Gu Ran was still standing beside her, her clenched fists finally loosened, and she rubbed Chi Lang's head excitedly: "Senior brother Xiao Gao is the champion!!!"

Chi Lang's neck hurt from being shaken by him, and he quickly rescued his head from his claws: "It depends on the referee's mood today. If he is in a good mood today, how about letting the South Korean team go?"

He also kindly pointed to the South Korean coach bench on the other side. The mustache coach was raising his arms and cheering, kneeling on the crash pad, hugging Yin Canyu, and the two hugged and celebrated together.

Gu Ran said: "Look at the results, my brother is the first to cross the finish line! As long as the electronic timing system is not blind, then my brother is the champion!"

"Ah???" Chi Lang finally came to his senses, grabbed his arm and shook it for a while, "You mean, Brother Gao crossed the line first."

Gu Ran pointed to her eyes: "When did I miss it?"

While he was talking, the results on the big screen had already come out. Gao Ziyi was first, Lin Jiaxi was second, and Yin Canyu fell to third, but there was no penalty, nor was his result cancelled.

This angered the Italian team. Gu Ran watched from a distance, their coach had already rushed to the referee's seat, arguing with the referee emotionally.

In the previous mixed relay, they had already had a conflict with the South Korean team, and now something like this happened again, it seems that the bridge between the Korean team and the Italian team has also been settled.

Chi Lang asked: "Do you think their appeal will succeed?"

Meng Yuqiao said affirmatively, "No."

Chi Lang frowned: "Why? No one can cure Koreans?"

Gu Ran said: "Because that Sebastian has fouled himself, this kind of illegal physical contact, of course whoever fouled and punished. Do you think Yin Canyu is a fool? Since the other party made the first move and he has a favorable position, Of course it is to push people out to death."

Meng Yuqiao said, "If you hurt the enemy one thousand, you will hurt eight hundred."

He was referring to the fact that Yin Canyu pushed Sebastian away, which also affected him, and he had to slow down, allowing Gao Ziyi and Lin Jiaxi to seize the opportunity at the last moment.

Gu Ran moved her tense shoulders: "Anyway, anyway, my senior brother took the first place, Jiaxi took the second place, and I don't care about others."

He suddenly stood up and shook his hands: "I have to wash my hands, my palms are full of sweat."

Chi Lang looked at him a little confused: "That Lin Jiaxi... Isn't he from the Canadian team? He won the second place, why are you so happy? Do you think you have too few competitors in the all-around competition?"

Gu Ran had already walked away, leaving him with a chic back.

Meng Yuqiao snorted coldly: "You still know the competitors in the all-around competition."

Chi Lang pointed to his nose: "Do I look stupid?"

"if not?"

Chi Lang rolled up his sleeves and planned to reason with him: "Talk about it, why am I so stupid?"

Meng Yuqiao said: "Why do you think Xiaoran pays so much attention to Lin Jiaxi's grades?"

Chi Lang had an expression of "I can answer this question": "He has a good relationship with that Lin Jiaxi, but having said that, Lin Jiaxi is indeed much more pleasing to the eye than that Miller-Brown."

Meng Yuqiao said: "If there are no accidents, we will have a new teammate soon."

"Damn it!" Chi Lang could be considered to have reacted, "Could it be this Lin Jiaxi."

Meng Yuqiao shrugged and ignored him.

There were two relay races in the afternoon, and both the Chinese men's and women's teams successfully entered the final.

Finally, there was the awards ceremony. Gu Ran was happier watching Gao Ziyi win the gold medal than herself.

It was not easy for his senior brother. He lost to that Yin Canyu in the six rounds of the World Cup, and was sometimes bullied by two team members of the opponent. This time he finally got his wish and won the gold medal in the World Championships.

After the awards ceremony was over, Lin Jiaxi saw him standing not far away, immediately jumped off the podium and ran over: "Xiaoran, Xiaoran, Xiaoran!"

He picked up the silver medal around his neck and shook it in front of Gu Ran's eyes: "Look, I did it, I did it!"

Gu Ran gently touched his head, and said with a smile: I saw it, congratulations!

He moved close to Lin Jiaxi's ear and said, "I hope we can become teammates as soon as possible!"

Lin Jiaxi nodded heavily, and asked cautiously: "Then can you help me again..."

Gu Ran gestured "OK" to him, then suddenly thought of something, smiled and stuck out her tongue.

His expression was really hard to describe, which made Lin Jiaxi a little nervous: "What's wrong? If it's inconvenient, don't ask, don't affect your training."

Gu Ran waved her hand: "That's not true."

Lin Jiaxi blinked her big eyes: "What is that?"

Gu Ran coughed softly: "If your coach knows that I poached the most potential player from their team, I don't know how he will react?"

Lin Jiaxi smirked and said, "It means you have vision."

The two chatted briefly, and Lin Jiaxi left.

Gu Ran turned around, only to see that Gao Ziyi had been standing beside him for a long time.

He hurried up, opened his arms and gave the other party a big hug: "Congratulations brother, happy to mention the 1500-meter gold medal in the World Championships!"

Gao Ziyi didn't hug him back, "I thought you only cared about Lin Jiaxi's grades."

"Oh!" Gu Ran felt bad, the senior brother was "jealous", and he quickly patted the other person on the back, "Why? Of course, what I care about most is your grades. You won the gold medal, and I am better than myself. Glad to win the championship!"

"is it?"

"I promise!" Gu Ran held his shoulders: "Brother, trust me!"

Gao Ziyi has always been a gentle and steady person, and he is especially doting on this little junior, so he is not willing to be really angry with him.Put an arm around his waist: "Of course I believe you."

At this time, Yu Jie hurried over and dragged Gao Ziyi to accept the interview.

The attention of the World Championships is much greater than that of the World Cup, and there are also live broadcasts on the sports channel, but because of the time difference, the live broadcasts are all in the middle of the night.

But after the awards ceremony, the interview with the award-winning Chinese players is essential.

Gao Ziyi's interview was quite satisfactory, and answering questions was like reciting a template.The reporter just asks, and he just answers, there is nothing topical, and he can't make mistakes.

After returning, Gu Ran didn't eat anything for dinner, only drank some oatmeal, ate two mouthfuls of salad, and didn't touch anything else.

Seeing that he didn't eat well these days, Yu Jie scolded him, forced him to eat some pizza, and stuffed him with two boxes of milk before letting him go back to the room.

Gu Ran sighed, now she can only live on milk.

After a short rest, it was time for the regular meeting. All the team members gathered in Cheng Sen's room and listened to him sort out the game one by one.

The third race day will produce seven gold medals, men's and women's 1000 meters, men's and women's all-around, and three relay races.

Gu Ran was going to participate in four of the competitions, so he was the most tiring person in the team.

Cheng Sen said: "The Korean team lost the 1500-meter and 500-meter gold medals in this World Championships. They will definitely go all out in tomorrow's game, so this is for you..."

His eyes fell on Gu Ran: "Especially for you, the biggest test."

Gu Ran shrugged indifferently: "Come on! I just like to let them test me."

Cheng Sen sneered, and nodded Chi Lang with his chin: "You two, if you can enter the final of tomorrow's 1000 meters, you have already met my expectations."

Gu Ran said: "But the goal I set for myself is to be the champion!"

Chi Lang interjected: "Me too!"

Gu Ran turned her head away and gave him a look, Chi Lang blinked, and the tacit understanding between the two was reached.

Xu Qing said: "If both of you can make it to the final, you can at least win a bronze medal."

"Of course, you have to strive for the best results when you are on the court. That depends not only on the strength of the two of you, but also on your cooperation."

Chi Lang smirked: "What kind of cooperation, let Gu Xiaoran attract firepower, and I will win the championship?"

Gu Ran snorted disdainfully: "You got it wrong."

Chi Lang said: "Okay, I'm a tank, I'll pull the hatred, you just output."

Gu Ran punched him on the chest: "Hold your thighs, I'll take you to the top!"

Cheng Sen slapped his head alone: ​​"Sooner or later, I will confiscate both of your mobile phones."

The team members on the side were laughed to death by the two of them.

Meng Yuqiao shook her head, fools are indeed contagious, Gu Xiaoran with such a clever mind will lose his wits when he meets a big fool like Chi Lang.

Cheng Sen and Xu Qing mainly focused on the relay, men's team, women's team and mixed.

They all have the ability to make gold in these three relays, but Cheng Sen is not that greedy, he requires the team members to get back at least one.

On the way back to the room, Gu Ran said to Gao Ziyi: "One is enough, at least two."

Gao Ziyi laughed at him: "You can't even eat enough, how can you win the gold when you're hungry?"

Gu Ran went back and drank the two boxes of milk in one go, and ate a bag of biscuits before going to take a shower satisfied.

When he came out of the shower, Gao Ziyi was helping him sharpen his ice knife: "You should change your knife."

Gu Ran was wiping her hair with a bath towel, and replied casually: "I just changed it a few months ago."

Gao Ziyi smiled and said, "You usually train too hard, and the skates are worn out badly."

Gu Ran was right after thinking about it: "Then go back and change."

Gu Ran leaned against the head of the bed and did some more quizzes. When Gao Ziyi finished his work and took a shower, the two of them immediately turned off the lights and went to sleep.

On the third race day, the first thing to do is the 2000-meter mixed relay.

The tactics of the Chinese team were the same as before. In the first round, Gu Ran skated the third stick. In the second round, he exchanged sticks with Chi Lang, and he skated the last stick.

Without the South Korean team, it seems that the anxious atmosphere on the court is much less.Although everyone was still huddled together during the handover, the chaos was orderly and everything went smoothly.

Although the South Korean team was eliminated in the semi-finals, none of the three opponents in the final, the Netherlands, Italy and Canada, was easy to deal with.

At the beginning of the game, Italy took the first place strongly, followed by the Dutch team, and the Chinese team was in the third place and fell to the fourth place from time to time.

Before the game, Chi Lang was still brazen: "Without the Korean team, who can stop us from winning the championship?"

Gu Ran told him to shut up: "The Netherlands, Canada and Italy, all of them can teach you how to be a human being."

Chi Lang was a little panicked now, if he doesn't do well in the future, he might be taught to be a man by these European and American powers.

Gu Ran told him to be calm, the game has just started, and it's still early.

After changing bats, the Dutch team came to the first place.The Chinese team also relied on a smooth handover to surpass Canada in one fell swoop and return to third place.

During the two and a half laps of skating, Yang Shanshan has been working hard to catch up with the Italian player in front.

But she is facing an Italian veteran who is nearly thirty years old. He may not be the strongest in strength, but he is definitely the most experienced in the game.

No matter how Yang Shanshan tried, she was stuck to her death, unable to surpass, and was forced to be dragged to the next handover.

This is the handover baton for male and female players, which is very critical.

Gu Ran tried to overtake Italy as soon as he came up, but the opponent was not a vegetarian, his body was stuck in his position, and the route was firmly guarded.

Gu Ran also encountered the same problem as Yang Shanshan, she skated for two and a half laps abruptly, but didn't find a chance.

In desperation, he had no choice but to give the stick to Chi Lang. The moment he pushed the person out, Chi Lang added a few knives, and the strength of kicking the ice was so great that Gu Ran was worried that he would push the ice surface out of the way. pit to.

Although Chi Lang's skills are rough, he has great strength and has the desperado temperament of rushing forward desperately.

No matter what your physical fitness is, first finish these two and a half laps, and then think about the next thing.

What he used to surpass his opponent was not cleverness, but brute force, directly and forcefully.Trade strength for speed, relying on speed to forcibly surpass Italy.

"Good job!" Seeing this scene, Gu Ran couldn't help shouting.

Chi Lang seemed to be encouraged by him, and his pedaling strength became stronger.

Gu Ran clicked her tongue when she saw it. Sometimes too many skills and ideas are not necessarily a good thing. It is often a strong rough guy like Chi Lang who can perform miracles.

Now they are in second place, with only one Dutch team left in front of them.Liang Kexin and Yang Shanshan, two female players, are trying every means to surpass, but the Dutch female players are also very strong.

The two sides had a stalemate for a long time and exchanged positions twice.The Chinese team surpassed it, and was soon overtaken by the Dutch team.

As soon as Chi Lang came up, he did the same routine as before, kicking the ice vigorously at a high frequency, constantly picking up speed from the outer lane, and completing the surpass in one go.

"Wow!" Even the two girls couldn't help shouting this time: "Chi Lang, come on!"

In the second round, each team member only needs to slide for two laps.Soon, Chi Lang and Gu Ran completed the handover.

The good brothers surpassed twice beautifully, helping the team counterattack from the third place to the first place.

If Gu Ran failed to hold on, wouldn't he be ridiculed by Chi Dali for the rest of his life?

How about that, the two of them haven't reached a definite conclusion on the question of "who is the father". If they lose the championship, will Gu Ran still be able to hold his head up in front of him in the future?

His mind is full of Chi Lang, although he thinks that he can't lose to his son, but in reality he can't let down his good brother's hard work.

Gu Ran rushed forward desperately, not knowing that behind him, Holland, Italy and Canada had become a mess.

The three teams refused to give way to anyone, and they were all rushing forward desperately.

Gu Ran crossed the finish line, holding the mixed relay gold medal firmly in her hand, and then she felt relieved.

The teammates had all surrounded him at this time, Chi Lang hugged him, but heard him mutter something in a low voice.

Chi Lang had a question mark on his face: "What are you talking about?"

Gu Ran said: "Father has not failed your efforts!"

Chi Lang slapped his helmet so hard that Gu Ran felt a buzzing in his ears.

Chi Lang spat: "The last stick, if you lose the championship, it's called unfilial!"

Without saying a word, Gu Ran punched him in the stomach.

On the sidelines, the reporter's flashlight kept shooting at them.Probably tomorrow's press conference will be: "The Chinese team is still not satisfied after winning the championship, and there will be big fights among the players!"

At this time, the results on the big screen came out, there is no doubt that the No.1 Chinese team.

It's just the second and third, which made the audience a little unexpected.In the end, Canada took second place, the Netherlands fell to third, and Italy only ranked fourth.

Seeing the final results, Liang Kexin and Yang Shanshan hugged each other and wept with joy.Especially Liang Kexin, she did not achieve good results in the 500-meter individual event. She may not even make it to the top eight in points, and missed the Super 3000-meter points race.

This mixed relay gold medal is too important to her.Liang Kexin was crying and couldn't stop, Gu Ran put her arms around her shoulders, and led her to the exit: "Oh! Don't cry, the reporters are taking pictures of you, and it won't look good if your eyes are swollen from crying. "

Chi Lang also teased her: "Senior sister, you should wear a pair of dark goggles. If you wear the goggles and cry, no one will be able to see even if your eyes are swollen from crying."

Yang Shanshan rewarded both of them with a punch first: "Why are you two so annoying!"

Liang Kexin finally smiled through tears, and hugged Gu Ran again: "Little brother, we are the world champions now!"

Gu Ran patted her on the shoulder: "That's right, we are world champions!"

The World Championships is a competition second only to the Winter Olympics in terms of gold content. Only by winning a gold medal in the World Championships can one be called a true world champion.